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TENT.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 23, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

Application filed June 23, 1910. Serial No. 568,526.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH W. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tents; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in tents.

The object of the invention is to provide a tent in which the coveringmay be secured to the ridge pole, and having simple and efiicient meansfor winding it on said pole.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tentconstructed in accordance with this invention, showing a cover inoperative or lowered position and with a portion broken out to disclosethe ridge pole; Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail sideelevation showing the connection of the pole sections and the coveringstrips carried thereby, said strips being in section; Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section thereof; Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken onthe line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a detail end view of a modified form ofthe invention; Fig. 7 is a detail side elevation thereof; and Fig. 8 isa transverse vertical section thereof.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. l a ridge pole 1 is shown havin amain canvas covering 2 preferably folded longitudinally and securedthereto by any suitable means, said pole being journaled at oppositeends in suitable supporting standards 3 and 4 and adapted to be rotatedtherein whereby the covering 2 may be wound up on and unwound from saidpole when desired. The pole 1 shown in Fig. 1 is preferably providedwith an operating crank handle 5 detachably connected therewith. Thispole 1 may be constructed in a single piece or it may be composed of anydesired number of sections as 6 and 7, as shown in Fig. 3, forconvenience in packing and transportation, each section having a socket9 at one end and a tongue 10 at its other end, the tongue on one sectionbeing adapted to fit in the socket of the adjacent section and one ofsaid sections being provided with a bayonet-slotted strengthening sleeve11 slidably mounted thereon and adapted to slip over the jointConnecting the sections and engage a laterally extending stud 12 on theadjacent section the stud 12 retaining it in position on the othersection. When the pole is constructed in sections the canvas covering isformed of separably connected strips, each of which is slightly longerthan the pole section to which it is to be connected, they are securedthereto in any suitable manner the edges of adjacent strips overlappingwhere joined together as shown in Fig. 3 and detachably connected bybuckles, snaps, buttons or other suitable fastenings for protectionagainst the weather. Any desired number of the sections as 6 and 7may beconnected to provide a tent of the desired length.

In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 8 two rollers or poles 13 and 1 1 areprovided having one-half of the main canvas secured at one end to oneroller and the end of the other half of the canvas secured to the otherroller. The two poles are placed side by side and mounted to be rotatedby any suitable means for winding or rolling up one-half of the cover oneach pole. A strip 15 of canvas or other suitable material is preferablyplaced lengthwise over the two poles 13 and 1 1 to cover the o eningbetween them and this strip 15 may be buckled or otherwise fastenedarounu the poles when the tent is taken down and the cover members woundthereon to form a convenient case therefor. The double rollers 13 and141 are preferably journaled at opposite ends in supporting plates as 16which are preferably detachably mounted on the upper ends of the endstandards in any suit-able manner said plates being shown provided ontheir inner faces with vertically spaced laterally extending aperturedlugs 17 and 18 through which the standards pass, the ends of said ballsor rollers 13 and 141 being engaged with sockets as 19 on said plates.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

I claim as my invention 1. In a structure of the class described, thecombination of a pair of revolubly mounted ridge poles mounted side byside, covering members secured at one end to each of said poles, andmeans for closing the space between said poles.

2. In a structure of the class described, the

combination of a pair of revolubly mounted ridge poles mounted side byside, covering members secured at one end to each of said poles, and aflexible member for closing the 10 space between said poles and operableto RALPH WV. DAVIS.

Witnesses WVALTER R. KIRNER, RAYMOND H. WRIGHT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

